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paxman



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United Kingdom 2013 Freelander 2 TD4 XS Manual Orkney Grey
Scratch repair

I have 3-4 little marks on the bonnet perhaps caused by flying little stones which took out the little bit of paint here and there. I believe my paint colour is Orkney Grey (Topix) and this was confirmed by Dan when I bought a touch up kit from Duckworth.
The kit has 2 little bottles: Orkney paint and clear lacque. I used a little cocktail stick to transfer the paint to these little marks but the colour seems much darker than surrounding areas. I used T-cut to soften the egdes but they still need more paint to level.
My questions:
1- Is the paint normally darker until you put the clear lacque on top? The little touch up paint bottle is Orkney.
2- What recomment product to "level" these mark after filling with paint as T-cut doesn't seem to do very well.
Thank for all advice.

Post #276918 26th Sep 2015 12:09 pm
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Chris B



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I've found this too.
Colour pot needs lots of shaking to get the metallic bits evenly distuributed and too keep it so between coats - they reflect the light and make the paint less dark. Clear lacquer gives the right shine in the end.
Build up lots of thin layers rather than cut back.
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There is a company called 'paints4u' I think, who do the actual proper kit including application spears, levelling solution and some wet and dry. Plus comes with all the instructions.

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A few comments here post #7
http://www.freel2.com/forum/topic24067.html

As already mentioned shake metallic paint well, they are a pain in the neck. I'd go for 3 minutes instead of the usual 2 minutes for solid colour paint. Procrastination, mankind's greatest labour saving device!

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paxman



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United Kingdom 2013 Freelander 2 TD4 XS Manual Orkney Grey

Thank you for your advice gentlemen.
Regard excess paint remover, what grade of wet and dry I should use and where to get them.
Amazon sell the Turtle Wax 1830813 FG6772 Scratch Repair Kit which include some wet and dry sand paper. Has anyone use this:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Turtle-Wax-1830813...ch+remover

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paxman



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United Kingdom 2013 Freelander 2 TD4 XS Manual Orkney Grey

Thank Lightwater I shaked for couple of minutes then used a cocktail pick to drop paint on these mark. The colour is OK this time but I am looking for some very fine wet and dry to smooth out the paint before getting some clear lacque on top.

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